(RNS) — The thinning of the UMC’s conservative ranks makes this week’s conference a perfect time to address the issue. They have also passed a number of petitions on social issues, including one ...

Bishop Francis J. McConnells first sermon, as he recalls it, “covered a vast range of lofty religious principles, well up in the air. After having risen so thoroughly to the heights, I decided that ...

"The Council of Bishops has responded to the UMC’s institutional uncertainty by crafting a new vision statement." ...

The proposed union of four major American Protestant churches is a cart with four wheels—and one of the wheels is slow to turn. The Presbyterian and Episcopal churches and the United Church of Christ ...

Webinars are to educate rank-and-file United Methodists about denomination’s new direction and prepare participants for a ...

The United Methodist Church General Conference, which is the international legislative assembly for the denomination that meets every four years, will take place April 22 - May 3 in Charlotte. The ...

Thousands of United Methodists are gathering in Charlotte, North Carolina, for their big denominational meeting, known as General Conference. It’s a much-anticipated gathering. Typically it is held ...

Age distribution among methodists in the Mainline Tradition who say religion is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong % of methodists in the Mainline Tradition who say religion is ...

The United Methodist Church in Oklahoma has experienced turbulence in the last few years, with more than 100 churches leaving, disputes ending up in civil courts and the exposure of rifts that ...

The Alabama Supreme Court today refused to give a rehearing to a group of breakaway Methodists in Auburn who had sued over control of church property. The state Supreme Court had dismissed the lawsuit ...